Now onto the matter at hand - how I got
these three nice columns. Table commands, right? No - I used a command
that looks more like an after-thought than something the HTML know-it-all's
created for everyday use.
I used this command:
to get the effect.
and you're off and running.
Use:
to denote how many columns your page will have. I happen to have chosen
three. I was just feeling like a trio at the time.
Use:
to denote the width, in pixels, between the columns of text. I happen
to have chosen the number 25 for this lovely tutorial.
Use:
to denote the overall width of all columns together.
All the commands that manipulate text
shape like CENTER and ALIGN will all work inside the column. So if you
center something - it will center inside the column. But you knew that.
The reason I think this command is a bit of
an after-thought is that there isn't a command that jumps you to the beginning
of the next column to start a new story or heading. The commands simply
take text and break in into columns. It's a nice look. Plus it spaces it
evenly. Table cells won't do that. You could get the same effect using
tables commands, but if this is all you want - the MULTICOL command does
a nice job. The only real downfall is that you have to keep scrolling the
browser window up and down to read the silly thing.
Oh, and in case you were wondering if
there was a MULTIROW command - yes. It's called paragraphs.
Enjoy!
I TAKE IT!
Some might say that all this can be done with
table commands, and while that is true, it isn't as easy. To do this you
simply surround a block of text with the commands
There are three other sub-commands that go
along with this MULTICOL. They all go inside the first MULTICOL and effect
everything in between.